Drain-head.



J. W. STEWART,

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I. flirther'objei of xthe"invention"is to l JOHN W. l.srlewrmtn; 'or LPORTE CITY, IOWA..

. T @ZZ whom t may concern? mit@ ,Citywire come bip'la'ckhwk. and

ed with' folien- Hwhich afdraiii1 pipeV isfooflneeted thereto; Fig.

. arisen l'iiiiiiiijfiiiijiici fiere iiiveiiiiii' iS 40 to provide el ld'r'aiIi-*heed Whereilr Jche hase or Y y. Speccatonof Letiers ?.tent, I `Pafijayflfoel AUD". 17, i915. Ap'pliaiion ma .niiiiefsnel/i. siiamojsme.

Veig5.5.1561@priii View of the drain heid, Fig.

f3 is `a jsinilr .View A`thereof showing the porous filler` removedlfronr the body portion .in all Jlief"yiews" offthel drawings "by tlie seine'referenceeheraoters; ;;Re'fe`rr1ng more perticulerly 'to the* drawings,` my improved 'drain head mcludese preferably. octegoel' body `portion 10 limT- ,inge botomyvell 11 liin'dhside Well 12. Althogh have indibtedthat' `che body por/tion" l0 is` Vpreferably oetogoniil, still,- it

"is t'oloe iinderstoojd tlrtfseid body portion greter diameer than thediiieter "oflthe Tseryedlthztl am annular sholilderls provided nlyb'e ofenydesredshape lor size, andthe Athickness"'of thebottoni and's'ide Wells 1l *niayf he Corresporrdiip {ljyV vored,` es jexigeiiey deniind. The body Aportoifi fjijs prefereblyifornied of solid Veerneut;rela- I rt'1ye-i1yfjirnperyicms "to Weijer `although i any nother suitable material be "einp'loyed,V {..randziiiedielly viiriiiecl infine bottoni `wil-1i -11 Ajlreredg'is'eWeberolleeting*Chamber 13,-the tre-llydisposed flT, is" af, siiiehleaperture preferably -of reriyes the extreriioy of lthe pipe section-14 ua'gainstl-Whieh the: sidvpipe section `alout to be thus `held securely in positio'comfniinicatin'g Wirthtlie Witter' oollecting Ichemlbei1-1ei w ig-g-Tiie imei-race 15 of iii@ bottom wail 11 o1 the Lfloor ofrhebody `portion is prefer- Conifer-ging side W'alls,the`1 sa'id channels `being of greater widthl their outer extremities than'V at the point wherethey venter the water collecting chamber 13. In thus con- Y structing and arranging the channels in this manner, it will be observed that said channels will effectually drain off water entering upon the floor of the Vbody portion into the water collecting chamber 13 and in forming said channels wider at their outer extremities,.than at their inner extremities, a correspondingly increased draining capacityof saidfchannels is obtained. In other words,

the said channels vare made correspondingly wider as the area of the iioor .of the body portion increases so as Vto permit water to `find ready access to said channels.

VDisposed within the body portion 1() and resting `upon the floor thereof, is a filler 17,

the said fillerV being coniined by the side wall 12vof the body portion and havingits upper face preferably arranged in transverse alinementwith the upper edge ofsaid side wall. The iller17 is porousand is preferably formed by coating particles of gravel, pebbles or other v'similar hard materialwith cement, the coated mass ofsuch substance being then pouredmto the body V'portion and allowed to harden. In .thus using a relatively coarse basevfor the iller '17, the pebbles or gravel forming such base, e will contact and harden to be secured to-v gether at Vsuch points of contact, providing interstices within the filler ramifyingin all directions. As Vwill be clear, water l*will readily enter through such interstices of.` the Vller 17, to be collected upon the door of the body portion 10 and by lthe channels 16,

Y whencey it will be thence directed into the Vcollecting chamber 13 to nd eXitthrough :the drain pipe 14.' If desired, the filler 17 may be provided with a plurality of vertically disposed apertures `orV channels Y 18 through which water or moisture may directly enter upon the floor of the bodypor-` tion, but by constructing the filler 17 in the Y manner just above described, such channels i at the points of contact of the filler with the body portion to thus secure the filler thereto. In F ig. 1 of the drawings, I haverillustrated the drain pipe 14 connectedwith the ldrain head i as vconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Since" such drain pipe. forms nopart ofthe present in-` vention, it has not been specically de- .fo'r the filler 17, hereindescribed.

scribed.V However, as a means of positively head, the drain head may have a plurality ofi apertures formed thereinto extend transversely through the drain head adjacent theV drain pipe 111 and a wire or other suitable flexible element .719.may be 'threaded through saidapertures and Wrapped around the drain pipe. While this means of ,connectingthe drain pipe 14 with `the drain head may be employed, if desired, still, A,it is r to be understood thatit is notabsolutely necesf sary to thus connectthe drain .pipe with the drainfhead since, under `ordinary circuin-v stances,- the drain pipe will maintain; its engagement with the drain head. Y

' Inview of the' above description ,a further explanation as tothe operation of my improved-drain head seems hardly vnecessary.` However, it 'will be stated that the drain head maybe embedded within the soil as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or may be otherwise varranged `as found desirable,1

connectingthe drain pipe with the drain and the drain pipe 'is'connectedwith the drain head as thereinillustratedQf Water iii-- Ytering through the soil :and entering upon the porous iiller 17 will thence pass through v Y the interstices in saidfiller 'to' be` deposited upon the floor of the bodyportion andwith i in vt-he Vchannels 16.; The floor of the body i ,portionfbeing concaveand the bottom walls of the channels 16 beingfinclined inwardly4 `towardthe collecting `chafmber`13, "the said; c

water will be directedfto saidY chamber to i thence find exit through the drain pi e 14.

1Vhile1-have'indicated thatthe,A 'ller 17 is preferably formeel in the manner abovez ioo' describf'edstill,`f` it will be clear that anyl suit- `able porous" substance may be""substituted and lif desired, jafter the'body portion 10 of the drain head has been arrangedinpof` sition, as shown infFi'g.v 1 of `the drawings,

' suchporous substance may then. begplaced.,VY

within lthe body portion in loose` or naturali condition. lil-other words, the bodyvportion 10` of the drain head, could .beflill'ed with coarse gravel or cinders,`as a substitute `Attention is 'now called to the larly adaptedv for the purpose indicated, still, itwill be seen that the said headis so V. Y y ,fact ,that Vwhile my improved drain head is .particuconstructed as to be readily adaptable for through the drainpipe 14 will be Adirected `use in the diffusion of water for irrigation 'l or other similar purposes.Y `Wh`en thus used, jwater entering within theY body portion 10 intothe collecting chamber 13 whenit will Y thence spread laterally through the channels" 16 to be thencediffusedover, the porous `filler 17. It will be observed that the said vchannels 16 are so disposedv as to lead the water directly to diversified points .of the.;-

filler 17 so that the entire llerwill Vbecome thoroughly saturated. i

It Will therefore be seen that I provide a very simple and efcient construction for the purpose set forth and by such construction provide an article which may be used either as a drain head for the collection of moisture or may beused, With equal facility, as a terminal for the diiusion of moisture.

Having thus described my invention, What Il claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A device for thel purposes set forth consisting of an impervious monolithic body having a bottom and an annular'side Wall rising from the edge of the bottom, the bottom having a central chamber opening therethrough in its upper side and an enlarged aperture in its lower side communicating directly With said chamber, the upper side of said bottom being concave and further provided With channels radiating from the said chamber to the annular side Wall and increasing in Width toward their outer ends, a monolithic porous filler in the body above the bottom thereof and intimately connected to the annular side Wall, said ller having channels therethrough, a pipe having its end fitted in the aperture in the bottom of the body, and a tying device inserted through the bottom of the body and through the channels in the iller to secure said pipe thereto.

JOHN W. STEWART.

Witnesses:

L. J. BITTERLEY, G. E. STEBBINS.

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